Big Redesign Time
A software engineer details the process and technical decisions behind redesigning their personal blog, focusing on web design improvements.
A software engineer details the process and technical decisions behind redesigning their personal blog, focusing on web design improvements.
Explores using CSS media queries embedded within SVG files to create responsive graphics that adapt based on their own size, not just the screen.
Preview the upcoming CSS corner-shape property with an interactive SVG tool, exploring beveled, scooped, and notched corners before browser support.
A guide to vertically centering text using SVG, detailing the method, its advantages, and browser compatibility considerations.
A tutorial on using D3.js linear scales to map data domains to visual ranges, demonstrated with a Fibonacci sequence chart.
Critique of non-standard CSS text masking and advocacy for using SVG as a standards-compliant alternative for text effects.
A technical guide on integrating D3.js data visualizations into the Octopress blogging platform, including a working bar chart example.
Performance comparison showing CSS gradients outperform SVG backgrounds in dynamic effects due to browser rendering overhead.
A tutorial on using Clojure to programmatically color SVG maps of Europe, demonstrating XML parsing and manipulation.
Creating CSS reflections in Firefox using -moz-element() and SVG masks, as an alternative to -webkit-box-reflect.
Discusses the W3C's new HTML5 logo and the debate over using 'HTML5' as a buzzword for a broader set of web technologies, analyzing its impact on developer clarity.
A developer shares a public-domain SVG world map for visualizing country-specific data, created as a static alternative to matplotlib basemap.
A critical analysis of using pure CSS for complex illustrations, arguing it's a misuse of the technology compared to more suitable alternatives like SVG.
Opera browser achieves a near-perfect 100/100 score on the new Acid 3 web standards test, leading other major browsers in rapid compliance.
A technical article explaining how to fix missing arrowheads in SVG diagrams generated by Batik by adjusting marker properties.
A developer details solving the challenge of generating HTML imagemaps from SVG hyperlinks using the Apache Batik toolkit, including patching and fixing coordinate issues.